A Humans Trip To An Empire, Pets, And Love
I blasted the Alpha wolf with a monstrous lighting strike that shook the very foundations of the mountain behind me, cracking the ground below and opening a crevice wide enough to devour us all. Along with the strike the arcing electricity raced around and as it passed through the remaining wolves they exploded upon contact and their lifeless hides shattered the burnt grounds. Even the small pup could not escape my magical wrath as I threw all my hatred and despair at my foes.
The surrounding trees caught on fire and within a matter of seconds a wildfire consumed the forest and lit the sky with smoke and ash. I watched from behind as my body began to walk forward and stepped on the pile that housed the Alphas body before walking off to the woods, during all of this my body seemed to be pulsating and small cracks formed on my skin and a bright blue light shined like a beacon. When my body got to the edge of the forest it turned and stared right at me with soulless eyes that also shined with the same blue light and smiled.
It was then I saw a shadowy figure start to materialize next to it but before long the form caught on fire and from the blaze stood the horrible visage of my mother as a half burnt skeleton who also stared at me with dead eyes. The fiery and boney hand rose from its resting place and pointed a single finger at me followed with a raspy voice that bellowed out to me saying “Monster”
My mothers horrid figure kept on repeating those words “Monster” at me again and again. My body also started to join in on the chanting and repeated her words but the voice that came sounded like mine but sounded deeper and hollow, like it was talking through a long, empty tube. I did not move from my spot but I felt afraid and tried to back up only to find that I could not and when I did try to move I heard familiar voices start to call out.
I looked left and right and saw that the rock formations around me had taken the shapes of my friends heads and faces back in Ponyville but I heard them chant “Monster” with scowls upon their stone faces as they stared at me. I was surrounded by the echoing voices of my friends, my own body, and finally my deformed mothers who simply repeated the word “Monster”
I fearfully tried to cover my ears to attempt to drown our their voices but I could not feel any part of my body, so I was forced to listen to that single word bore itself into my mind. When every single body had surrounded me and were all standing within five feet of me they suddenly stopped moving and talking altogether and simply stared at me. After the brief moment of silence my crackling body rose its own hand and from the ground erupted five stone statues with blank plaques on them.
My body walked up to the first and the statue was that of a tall alicorn with spiked armor and slanted eyes and its body seemed to radiate fear. I saw a continuous streak of lighting spark from my bodies finger which spelled out “Nightmare Moon” upon the empty plaque. After writing my body spoke “Monster” while looking at the statue before moving on to the next. Next was a strange looking creature that looked like a mixture of an alicorn pony and an insect, with holes in its legs and a nasty looking horn with snake like eyes.
Its name was “Queen Chrysalis” and again my body looked at it and said “Monster” and moved onto a statue that had the body of a unicorn but its body was covered in armor and a royal looking cape but what stroke me the most was its evil smile. This one was named “King Sombra” and was described as “Monster” by my body once again. Though this next one was very different as it stood very tall and bulking in size and appeared to be a centaur.
Its plaque soon read “Lord Tirek” and like its predecessors was labeled “Monster” by my body and finally moved to the last stone figure. Now this one was a cloaked human being standing in a fighting posture and had one hand extended out while its fingers seemed to be grasping for something while its other hand was raised into the air, reaching out. Before I could see its face I saw the flash of light and saw its naming starting to be written out and when it was I gasped in shock.
“Adrian Frost” was written on the plaque and I snapped my head up and saw that it was me and the stone statue looked forward like it had just killed something and enjoyed it. It scared me that I could make a face like that but slowly I lowered my head to my other body and saw that it was now pointing at me “Monster” was all it said. This triggered the others to chant that word and even the new statues moved to look at me while repeating the word over and over and over again.
I felt afraid and terrified and even if I could speak, my mouth would not move anyway as I was speechless to everything. Why? Why was I being showed this? Who are those four other monsters? Why am I being called that? Why? Why? WHY?! But I got nothing in return to my questions and simply heard “Monster” ring and echo in my ears.
“ENOUGH” a new voice rang out but it sounded familiar and I hopefully looked to the sky and expected to see Princess Luna come but she did not as I saw no saving figure descend from the sky. Instead I looked back down and saw the statue of Nightmare Moon moving off its stone base and began to walk to me with a mischievous smirk on its face. It stopped before me and said “You will be mine” before it lowered its head and stabbed my heart with its horn.
“AHHHH!” I screamed as I sat up and whipped my head around in fear while searching for that figure or anything else but thankfully I saw that I was alone. Well, mostly alone as when I sat up I heard a small whine and felt something move in my lap. I looked down while I tried to catch my breath and focus my vision and after a full minute I finally saw that in my lap was the sleeping form of the timberwolf pup, who was curled up in a ball. After viewing the pup I decided to see where I was and surprisingly I found myself back in my room and in my bed.
My heart was still pounding in my chest and I could feel the formation of sweat all over my body and my mind raced as I thought about that disturbing dream and what it all meant. While my body started to calm down a little I took another glance around the room and saw that I really was alone, I wonder why Nightingale or some other Night Guard was not here. Surely with a nightmare like that they would come?
But once again I was reminded of the fact that I was sitting in the dark by myself, I opted to get up and go to the balcony but was reminded of the little one bundled up in my lap and not wanting to disturb its slumber I lied back down and stared up at the ceiling. Though this action did not last long for momentarily afterwards the pup got up and perched itself on my chest and looked down at me happily.
I could feel its tail wagging and deciding that it probably would not bite me I raised my hand and started to pet its head, which made it very happy for its tail was wagging even more and it began panting with its odd tongue lopping out. I thought it would be a piece of wood its tongue but instead it looked like it was on fire and green but when it licked my hand next it did not hurt so it obviously was not fire. Magic, until I know better I shall blame magic for this and I felt better about it.
Seeing that I was not moving again the little one pawed at my chest and layed down as I continued to pet its head, I am starting to think and believe that head petting and ear scratches will get me anywhere in this world. But that is for the future and right now I began to dwell on my current situation, like how I got home in the first place! Most likely Fleetfloot went back to Ponyville and found Twilight and gang and when they found me brought me back here, though I am surprised with my injuries I am not in the hospital. Speaking of wounds, I am surprised that my body is not writhing in pain after all that.
Deciding to investigate I lifted my spare hand and inspected my mostly bare arm and saw that all the bite and claw marks were healed! Though they left plenty of scars, the wound was healed up like it happened months ago and it did not ache or anything. Hmmmm, I wonder if this is thanks to my magic or something? My regeneration seemed to boost greatly after I somehow unlocked my magical abilities, another thing I need to ask about later, so I guess given enough time most wounds will heal though I suspect I should not press my luck in any future encounter.
Also speaking of magic, what was that thing with the Alpha and that thing it did when it died and somehow came into me? Yay for tons upon tons of questions to ask later, though I suspect I will have thoroughly apologize to the girls for worrying them, I can't imagine Fluttershy taking it well at all, poor sweet thing. One thing at a time, one thing at a time or else my head will explode. Wanting to take my mind off things I looked back down at the nice sight of the sleeping timberwolf upon my chest.
Man, never thought I would ever say that in my life, but I suppose I should give it a name but that also left me with another question. What gender was it? Did they have one being magically animated pieces of wood? Ugh, magic is awesome and confusing at the same time. Magic this, magic that, I wish I could magically find the answer at this point and would not be surprised if I did so. Unfortunately that wish did not come true and I was left there to ponder and wonder.
Suddenly the wolf pup sat up and did a one eighty and did its best to growl at the sound of the door opening, I sat my head up not wanting to move my body and accidentally spook the pup and in doing so I caught the backside of the little one and got my answer, it was a girl. Not going into further details on that area I moved my head to stare at the guest and saw that it was Twilight looking quite depressed while carrying a tray of food. Oh man, she must have been equally worried about me.
Not wanting to worry her further I wanted to calm down the female pup, so I slowly and gently reached up and petted her body, which felt a little odd with her wooden body. Instantly she calmed down and plopped down on my chest and let me pet her more, guess her hunting instincts have not kicked in quite yet. Looking back to Twilight she never noticed our movements as her head was down the entire time with her saddened face growing dimmer. “Twilight? What's wrong?” I calmly asked.
This made her snap into attention as her eyes glued onto me and she let her magic go and the platter of food fell to the floor and scattered to the four winds but she did not care as she focused her entire being on me. “Ah-Adrian?!? Your awake!” she asked with a mixture of shock and excitement.
“I suppose I am” I joked with a short chuckle but was cut off as Twilight flung herself around me with a hug and she began to cry into my shoulder. During this time she also cast a spell and bubbled up the wolf and had her fly above us, guess she did not want to get bitten or anything. But why was she acting like I just woke up from a coma or from surgery? “Twilight? Whats wrong? Did I scare you that much when you found me in the woods?” I worryingly asked.
Taking a few more moments to cry and blubber she finally found her voice and cried out “You scared us so not only when we found you but after we brought you to the hospital you would not wake up! We all tried so hard to do anything we could to wake you but you just slept” she somberly told me in between her tears and hiccups. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her in closer with my hug as I placed my head next to her own. I wonder how long I was out for, for them to think I would not wake. I waited to ask until she calmed down so I just held her in my arms and used my hand to pet her mane.
A good five minutes went on by in relative silence, as Twilight let out all of her fears and worries with her tears before she finally lifted her head up and wiped her face clean. We just stared at each other before I asked “How long was I sleeping for?”
Twilight took a quick breath to prepare herself before saying “Counting today, you were asleep for seven whole days”
I made an audible gasp as I took in this new information, a whole week?!? No wonder she was worried, oh god the others are probably worried sick to death about me.
“Adrian, what happened to you? All we know is from what Fleetfoot told us about you saving her from the timberwolfs and you telling her to find me. When she told us what was going on I had her take me to you so I could teleport you to safety but when we found you, you were passed out against the rock slide with cuts and bites all over your body! You even had that little thing under your arm like a pet!” Twilight frantically explained to me. She breathed a few heavy breaths as her nerves calmed down “We were all so worried about you. I was so scared”
She looked so sad and down when she said that last part, on the verge of tears again. I pulled her in for another hug, which she gladly accepted. “It's going to be ok Twilight. Everything is going to be just fine, alright?” I calmly said as I tried to soothe her feelings. I felt her nod her head and I let her go back to where she was and I told her the story of what happened, starting with how lost I got while trying to get back and ending with the last coherent thought I had which was me blacking out with the pup under my arm.
After my story was done with I saw that she looked utterly shocked with what I told her, guess that is to be expected after all I am still in shock about it myself. “You can do magic?! How!?” she asked me as she grabbed my arm and started prodding and poking it all over while examining it.
“I cannot explain it either, I just sorta felt it when I was on the verge of death and when I was I felt that....that flame inside of me spark and ignite, filling me up with this feeling and thankfully do my curiosity in the library I had read a magic 101 book. But after reading and trying it out nothing happened then so I figured that I probably did not have magic here. Guess I was wrong, thankfully” I explained to her as she continued her examination of me.
“Interesting, I am surprised you understood the process of producing magic. It usually takes ponies at least a week before producing a simple flicker of flame or even a drop of water. But for you to suddenly summon as many lightning spells as you did, quite advanced spells at that, is utterly amazing! But that would also explain why you passed out for a week. For your body, which is not accustomed to magic or even having it in the first place, to suddenly discover and exceed the limit all at once gave it quick a shock. Your lucky your magic manifesting in your body and gave you excellent regenerative powers, which is quite rare for it to be so powerful” she told me.
“That makes sense, I suppose. Do you think it would be dangerous if I continued to use magic? And what about that thing the Alpha did after I......defeated it in combat” I carefully asked.
“To be honest Adrian, I have no idea. If you were a creature of this world then I would say yes since magic naturally flows through all beings, whether or not they can control it and or be able use it. But since you come from a world with no magic, I would of said that you probably would not be able to use it either but since you can I have no clue!” she explained to me in a frustrated way, guess she is not use to being in the dark about stuff. “As for the Alpha, I am not sure either. I never really studied much into the biology of magical creatures. Hmmmmm” she brought a hoof up to her chin and began to think.
“Oh! I think I may know where we can find out! We can either go to the Canterlot archives or go check out the library within the Crystal Empire. Actually, the Crystal Empire may be better since they have quite a few older books that Canterlot does not have. This is great! This gives us the chance to see Cadance and Shining! SQUEEEE~!” Twilight happily exclaimed as she did a little dance which got a chuckle out of me.
“Crystal Empire? That sounds cool but does that mean that they have Emperor in charge?” I asked.
“Oh no! Not anymore, many many years ago it was founded by Emperor Quakehoof but over the years it has become a kingdom but no pony changed the name. Though a thousand years ago it came under the rule of King Sombra, an evil unicorn who enslaved the crystal ponies until Princess Celestia and Princess Luna defeated him. He returned a while ago and me and my friends were tasked with aiding Princess Cadance and Shining Armor in defeating him, which we did!” She smiled proudly at this but I shook a little when I heard the name King Sombra, which was the same name as in my dream.
“U-um, Twilight? Can I ask something?” I nervously asked.
“Sure! Go ahead” she replied back with.
“Well, do you consider King Sombra a monster and have their been others like him who you consider monsters as well?” I asked again of her. She tilted her head a little, probably confused on how I worded the question.
“Well, I am not sure about calling anypony a monster though in his case I guess I could consider it. But as for the other question, over the years I have had to work together to stop villains from taking over Equestria. First for me was Nightmare moon, who was actually Princess Luna but a thousand years ago she gave way to the darkness in her heart and transformed into Nightmare moon. Celestia banished her to the moon but she escaped, thankfully me and my friends were able to defeat her and return her to normal”
“Discord escaped his stone prison and literally turned all of Equestria upside down, he is the physical embodiment of chaos and disorder and controls chaos magic. We eventually returned him back to stone but Celestia wanted us to reform him to use his chaos magic for good and after a few trials and error, he has been reformed for the most part. Though he still likes to cause trouble now and then but mainly in good fun” she giggled a bit at that.
“Queen Chrysalis tried to take over Canterlot during Cadence and Shinings wedding by impersonating Cadence. You see she is the Queen of race called changelings who have the ability to mimic a ponies body and voice, though not memory. She was actually defeated by Cadence and Shining who used the power of love to repel her and her army of changelings out of Canterlot. Thankfully no pony got hurt and in the end Cadence and Shining got married!”
“Actually quite soon after that was when King Sombra reappeared but we defeated him by using an artifact known as the Crystal Heart and using the power of love within the crystal ponies of the empire we were able to beat him. But Lord Tirek was probably one of the worst, he is an evil centaur who thought he deserved all the magic in Equestria and had succeeded in absorbing Earth, Pegasus, Unicorn, Chaos, and even Alicorn magic and was nearly unstoppable. But using the Elements Of Harmony we defeated him and sent him back to Tartarus and restored magic back to all of Equestria” she finally explained to me.
“Wow, sounds like I just missed all the fun” I said which got a dry laugh out of Twilight but this made me shudder a bit as all but this Discord appeared in my dreams and were labeled as monsters, with me.
“I would love to continue with the history lesson but I think we should get you to the Crystal Empire as soon as we can, so we can know whether or not you will be safe with your magic” after saying this she lowered the timberwolf pup back down on the back and released her while she trotted over to the curtains and opened them up, which I had to shield my eyes from. “Now, go take a shower and get packed and ready....to.....go” she started to slow down as she stared at me again.
I looked around and found nothing behind me but she stared at me still so I waved my hand in front of her which eventually returned her to reality “Oh my gosh, what happened to your eyes?!” she exclaimed as she stared at me eyes one at a time. My eyes? What did she mean by that? Did I grow a third eye or something? I reached and gently felt my eyes and forehead, no third eye but I saw just fine and clearly......WAIT! I was seeing every thing clearly and I did not have my glasses on!
“I can see! I can see without my glasses! This is amazing!” I happily said but this barely got a reaction out of her “What? What is it then if not my glasses?” I asked her.
“Sorry! Didn't mean to make it sound bad, it is just......both of your eyes are different colors now” She said as she stared at me once more. Making sure I did not kick off the pup I jumped out of bed and rushed over to the bathroom, almost tripping twice, before I looked into the mirror and saw something very different staring back at me. While it was me, I looked very different all together.
Firstly my eyes, originally I had icy blue eyes and with my snow white hair made me look like something from a D&D adventure but now I had two different and multiple eye colors. My left eye was still ice blue but had a bright yellow ring inside, not amber but a bright golden yellow and my right eye was a bright green, actually it looked like the color green the timberwolves had inside of them, mixed with purple. Almost like someone evenly mixed the two in a bucket and stirred them in a circle.
Also due to me not shaving since I got here my face was getting a bit shaggy but one thing struck me as odd was the length of my hair, I liked having my hair short so it was easier to maintain and style. But it was now really long, I looked behind me and saw that it came to the middle of my back. What the heck? How could my eyes and my hair change so drastically, I guess I am going to have to blame magic again. Darn you magic, darn you.
Once I stopped looking at my new eyes and long white hair I saw a bit of the scar on my neck and I took off my shirt and saw all my new scars that wolves had given me. The side of my neck was covered from the bite and claws along with both my arms but right in the middle of my chest were four long gashes the came vertically down. Guessing my legs look like my arms, I gave myself a once over and it kinda intimidated me how I looked.
“Who are you?” I asked the reflection before giving a deep sigh but I laughed a bit as I looked down and saw I still had a bit of fat around my stomach “Darn it magic, you changed my eyes, grew my hair, and even gave my powers but you can't make me skinny” I talked to myself but behind me a heard a faint chuckle. As soon as I heard that I threw my shirt back on, hopefully none of them have seen my new scars yet, they would probably freak them out and worry themselves even more.
I came back to the door and smiled at Twilight “Guess you heard me talking to myself huh?” she nodded but smiled back at me “This new me is going to take some getting used to, especially this long hair! How do you girls deal with this?” I asked as I ran my fingers through it again and again.
“It's simple! Just wash it and keep it combed daily! Cause once you get a knot or two in it you will wish you never had it” she grunted at that last bit and she summoned a comb out of thin air and began to brush herself. “Now wash up and get ready, I am going to get the girls over and explain what is going on and see if any of them want to come along. Be warned though, you shall be pounced on” she said with a laugh.
I simply shook my head and smiled “I know, but I deserve it after making you girls worry. Speaking of such, how is Fleetfoot? I am curious is everything turned out all right for her” I asked.
“She is fine, the hospital simply grounded her for a day or two to allow her wing to rest just in case. Thankfully the rock only landed on her feathers and not on her bones. She is also worried about you and wants to thank you for rescuing her personally. Perhaps you made another new friend!” she happily said but she winced when she saw the timberwolf pup stride up next to her and look at me with happy face. “What are you going to do with this?”
“Well, I think I should look after her. I did unfortunately kill its entire clan and probably family members. I am pretty sure she was the daughter of the Alpha cause when it stepped up to challenge me she was right beside it and it gave her a quick lick and sent her off to safety. Still don't know why she likes me though since it clearly knows I killed its dad” I said as I gave the small beast a sad look but only got a happy tail wag in return for acknowledging her presence.
“I suppose your right but just be careful. No pony has ever raised a timberwolf before, let alone have one as a pet” Twilight said to me.
“Well, seeing how I am the only human being in existence on this world who can use magic I think it would probably be seen as normal for me at this point” I explained with a laugh.
“I guess your right, well I won't keep you hold up any longer. Meet me in the library when your done with everything” she told me as she began to walk out. The female pup simply gave me a look and waited for me to talk.
“Alright, I guess you can accompany me while I shower. Hmmmmm, I think I have the perfect name for you!” I kneeled down next to her and looked at her while I pointed “You shall be named Artemis” I said and at this she happily gave me a quick little howl and wagged her tail and jumped around. “I guess you like that name, come along Artemis, my little hunter” I said as she bounced inside and I closed the door.
---------- 2 Hours Later ----------
“Artemis! Get off my bag!” I said to the adorable puppy who had just moments ago pounded on top of my bag I just finished packing. She gave me a playful howl before she leaped off and ran around my feet before running off. “Boy, she had gotten really friendly after I named her. Wonder why?” I shrugged at my own question seeing how it didn't really matter so long as she behaved herself. It was odd to watch her play since she had the outline of a wolf back home but instead of fur and skin she had wood patches covering her from head to toe.
What was really bizarre was her face, while it seemed like random pieces of wood just stuck together, the way they formed together and moved gave the appearance of facial gestures and at times simply looked like a brown colored wolf from earth. So it was odd cause at times she looked like some sort of wooden creature then most of the time she looked like a cute brown wolf puppy. What a life I have come to live eh?
I picked up my big bag and made my way to the kitchen where some food was left out for me to eat with a note saying 'This is for you, eat up and meet us in the library – Twilight P.S – On the counter is something for Artemis' How did she already know her name? She must have really good hearing and was probably still close by when I named her. That or I am blaming magic again, seemed like an good thing to blame for anything I could not explain for now. So I went to the counter first and saw a black collar with a silver name tag with 'Artemis' on the front and 'Owner: Adrian Frost/Human'.
I called her over and after a few failed attempts and a face licking later I finally got the collar on her and thankfully she did not try to bite or claw it off. There was also a plate with a fish next to it and I heard her whine while she stared in the direction of the fish. Guess she is also a meat eater, which is another thing I need to talk to them about. I liked eating the veggie pasta dishes but soon I would need some meat to fill my diet.
So placing the dish on the ground and letting her go to town I went and ate my own meal. After we were both done I picked up my bag and heading to the library and right before I entered I heard hushed talking behind the door and taking a deep breath to brace myself with I slowly opened the door and headed in. Surprisingly none of the eleven mares waiting and talking to each other noticed me so I decided to sneak up on them and when I right behind them all I spooked them by simply saying “Hi!”
They all jumped instantly and whipped their heads around to see me smiling and waving at them but a nanosecond later I was brought down and weighed down by six bodies who cried and tried to talk to me at the same time. My legs were being hugged to the by the CMC while Fluttershy and Pinkie occupied my chest and my head was being snuggled by Derpy and in the commotion I also saw the Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow, and Vinyl standing around me smiling and wiping their eyes. I simply wrapped my arms around the closest body and smiled with a tear or two dripping down.
Once they all stopped questioning me for a second I leaned up a bit while Derpy continued to hug my neck and nuzzled my cheek with her own. I blushed at this and I swear I heard a pony or two quietly say “Awww” but I ignored that as I cleared my throat to catch their attention. They all snapped to attention and stopped whatever action they were doing, though what Pinkie was about to do with a cupcake and streamers I had no idea.
“Sorry to worry you all, I did not mean to make you all worry about me like this. But I just want to tell you that I am fine, just got a little overwhelmed and had to rest a while to recover” I calmly explained to them but this did not work to calm most of them down.
“But are really alright?! You got attacked by a pack of timberwolves and you got caught in a rock slide and you were passed out and you would not wake up and and and” Fluttershy timidly said as she clutched my chest and cried a bit more.
“We were all really worried that something was wrong with you. And I....I was so scared” Derpy sadly said as she hugged me a little bit tighter.
“I hoped you would wake up sooner so I could throw you a party for waking up! I wanted to make you happy so I could be happy because....because this whole week I have been sad.......you got so hurt” Pinkie somberly said as she lied her head down and petted my chest.
“And we were really worried about you, your our friend and I hated seeing you just sleep and say nothing day in and day out!” Sweetie Bell exclaimed as she clung to my leg and the other two crusaders nodded and repeated the action.
I let them cry it out a bit more before I saw them clear up and started to wipe their eyes and they slowly released me, except for Derpy who refused to move. I smiled as I gently petted her head and gave her a quick cheek nuzzle which finally made her relax a little and finally climbed off my back. I readjusted myself so I was sitting down normally and when I was done I saw the rest of the girls walk over and I gave them all hugs and reassured them I was ok.
Vinyl was the last and she gave a quick sniff as she held back her tears so when she leaned back I reached over and wiped away the remaining tears with my thumbs and gave her a warm smile which she gladly returned. When they all were done making sure I was ok Twilight spoke up “Alright everypony, now sit down as we discuss what we are going to do next” and with this they gathered around and sat down in their own spots, except for a few.
Fluttershy took her spot to my left while Pinkie was on my right, seems like this is their permanent spots with me along with CMC using my head and shoulders as their perch. I stretched out my legs to get comfy when I noticed that Derpy flew over and sat right in front of me and leaned her back into me. I blushed a bit but let her continue before I saw Artemis lie down next to my leg and curled up to take a nap. I swear I could hear a ticking time bomb for cuteness about to explode any day now.
Twilight rolled her eyes when she saw that I had become a sitting zone for the six mares and timberwolf pup. I then began my usual thing and had my ear scratches going for Fluttershy and Pinkie who happily sighed and melted in my hands. The rest casually glanced over and a few sweetly smiled while I saw a smirk or two flash my way. But Twilight coughed and caught our attention.
“Alright everypony, now with everything that just happened to Adrian and with my brief explanation earlier to you girls of his new magic powers and the incident with the Alpha Timberwolf I have decided that I need to take him up to the Crystal Empire and do some research on any sort of clue explaining either situation. Right now he is in no danger to himself or others but I want to make sure that nothing bad will accidentally happen in the future should any unforeseen incident occur”
“So, with that said me and Adrian will be leaving for the Crystal Empire immediately and so I ask you if any of you want to join us or are available to. We would be gone at least a couple of days or more” Twilight explained and as soon as she was done I saw all of them start to think and ponder away. About two or three minutes later they all had answered and it turned out that only Applejack, Rainbow, Pinkie, and Vinyl would be coming with me and Twilight.
Vinyl was going because she was already heading up there to meet her roommate Octavia who was doing a concert and they would heading to a birthday party for another friend. None of the girls allowed the CMC to come along, mainly because they had school. Derpy really wanted to come but she did not have enough leave days saved for this sudden thing, I gave her a few ear scratches to help cheer her up and it worked. Rarity needed to stay to catch up on some new orders for a pony named Fancy Pants. Fluttershy was also highly disappointed by her animal skills were needed this week for multiple animal migrations.
“Well you girls better go and get ready for a long trip and we will meet up in the train station, the next train will leave in an hour and a half” Twilight said to the four girls who nodded and headed out. Rarity bid her farewell and went back to work. After that only Sweetie Bell, Derpy, and Fluttershy were left since Applebloom and Scootaloo left with their sisters to help pack, of course after a big, long hug from me first.
Sweetie Bell came up first “I'm really glad you are alright Adrian, but now I'm sad that your leaving so soon” she sadly sad as she kicked the floor. I gently picked her up so we could look at each other at eye level.
“I know but I would rather go away for a little while and study then stay here and accidentally hurt you because I did not know about these powers or the thing with the Alpha. I would never be able to forgive myself if I ever hurt you Sweetie Bell. Besides, now I won't be a distraction from you getting your cutie mark!” I explained to her with a smile.
“Yeah, I guess your right. Just be sure to come home soon so we can play together!” she happily said with a grin, so I gave her a hug and a quick head rub before she went to catch up with her own sister. I turned my head and saw that Fluttershy was sweetly smiling at me before walking up to me.
“She was really worried about you, she came in every day to check on you and when we came up to check on her we would always find her curled up beside you and had your hand placed over her like a blanket. It was really cute” she said with a giggle which made me groan a little and blush but I smiled in the end. She really was a cute and sweet girl, Rarity is lucky to have her as a little sister. If she were my little sister, I probably would of spoiled her rotten right now heh heh.
“Hey Fluttershy, I wanna apologize to you for everything I did” I told her which made her squeak in surprise.
“W-w-whatever for?” she nervously said,
“Well for worrying you and because I ended up.........k-killing them. I know you care for animals and because of me this timberwolf pup is now an orphan. But I am going to take care of her and raise Artemis here to the best of my ability” I explained to her. Fluttershy smiled up at me and wrapped a wing around me and hugged me.
“No need to be sorry, while yes I am saddened that they did die but you did what you did not only for self defense but for the defense of others instead of being cruel or for sport. And I am so proud that you are going to raise her, truthfully I have never seen a timberwolf pup grow up before. So if you ever have a question about anything please ask me right away!” Fluttershy said.
“Thank you Fluttershy, I am glad that you don't hate me for what I did. By the way, did you bring her the fish that was in the kitchen or was that Twilight?” I quickly asked.
“Oh that was me, when Twilight called us over and explained everything she also asked what to give a Timberwolf for food. Though I was confused as to why she was asking until I got here and she fully explained why” she told me.
I am going to have to thank Twilight later for doing that “Well thank you again Fluttershy and sorry you could not come with us. There is always next time though” I said which cheered her up a little and we hugged and said our goodbyes.
“Alright, I will be right back. I need to start packing as well” Twilight said before she left, leaving only me and Derpy who was avoiding eye contact until she heard the door click close then she jumped over and hugged me tight, I returned the hug but was worried at what was bugging her.
“You alright Derpy?” I said softly into her ear as I held her but I heard her sniffle a little and I felt my shirt dampen a bit, so I reached up and began to pet her mane which relaxed her body some but she continued to quietly cry. Within a minute or so she finally collected herself and stared up with red eyes, I used my thumbs to clean her eyes up a bit and I smiled “Feel better?” I asked.
She nodded “I'm sorry Adrian, it's just.......i-it's just......just” she said in a cracked voice “I was so scared at the thought of losing you” she wrapped her hooves around my neck and hung her head in the crook of my neck “Your the first stallion who has ever paid attention to me and comforted me. Your the only one who has ever talked to me like a normal pony and even made me feel proud to be me even with my eyes”
“Even when I crash into you, you don't get mad or yell at me, you always ask if I am ok. You're so nice to me and when I heard that you were attacked I broke down and cried so hard. I visited you every day and held your hand, feeling the warmth of your body touching me. I just......I-I just......” she stopped herself and let out a few sobs before she took a breath “I just really care about you” she said but the look on her face told me she was gonna say something else but for now I will let her continue.
She rubbed her eye a bit “I-I'm sorry if I seem forward, I heard from Twilight about what Aloe did and I don't want you think bad of me” she hung her head a little after saying that but I just picked her right back up and hugged her again which surprised her.
“I could never think bad of you Derpy and believe me, your not being forward at all. I am honored that you think so highly of me Derpy and I really care about you too. So please don't be sad, crying makes it hard to see your pretty yellow eyes” I said with a caring smile and that little comment brightened her up and got her to smile as she pressed into the hug even more.
“Thank you for listening Adrian, I really appreciate it” Derpy said as she backed up and took to the air “Unfortunately I have to get going and get back to my route” she dug in her pack real quick and took out a small torn piece of paper and gave it to me “I don't know how long you will be gone but maybe you could write to me while your away” she said with a blush and studied the floor with her eyes.
I looked at the paper and it was an address with her name on it and I got up, which finally seemed to wake Artemis up but she lied there and began to stretch her body out. “Well, if I do end up staying for a while I will do my best to write to you, that is if I am busy saving the world or something” I said to her with a grin which got her to laugh. I held out my arms for one last hug and she gladly flew in for it. “See you later Derpy and be careful while I am away”
“I will, I'm going to miss you” Derpy said as she leaned away from the hug. I lowered my arms and she seemed to fly away for a second but suddenly she flew back in and gave me a kiss on the cheek, which made both of our faces explode into red “Uh! Um! BYE!” she nervously said before she quickly dashed out and amazingly she did not crash into anything. I stood there frozen in time, the only movement was my hand that moved to touch the cheek she kissed.
I must of stood there for five whole minutes cause it was about this time that I heard Artemis give me a little howl as she pawed my legs. I shook my head and looked down at her which made her spin in a circle and panted heavily. “All right girl, lets take you out. We both need some fresh air”
---------- 1 Hour and 15 Minutes Later ----------
You know one new thing I learned this past hour or so? Long hair is annoying to take care of, especially twenty three inches of it! I asked Twilight after getting over my shock how long it was and she measured it twice and it was now twenty three inches long! After flailing it all over and eating most of it I finally got some help and Twilight put a single hair band at the bottom of my neck which actually kept it in place. Who knew!
So after an hour Twilight had finally come down and we were off and we spend the next fifteenth minutes getting through the crowd, well I should say five minutes of struggling before Twilight teleported us both out of harms way before sneaking over to the train station the next ten minutes. Who also know being so popular was difficult? But here we are at the train station and luckily the other four were ready and waiting and were saying goodbye to the others. Of course I was assaulted upon arrival by the three fillies who begged me to either stay or take them with but with some talking to I finally convinced them to stay, nearly dying of a cuteness heart attack.
After saying our goodbyes we boarded our train and putting our luggage away we made our way to our seats and waved out final goodbyes. I was about to sit back when I heard Rainbow say “Hey, is that Derpy?” I snapped back to the window and saw that she had just gotten here and was out of breath as she looked at me. The train whistle blew and we started to move and the second we did Derpy started to walk with the train till she got to the edge and simply waved at me with a smile. I sat there for a few moments staring at the train station until it was out of sight before I slumped back into my seat.
I didn't notice the other girls staring at me until Pinkie popped under me and startled me which only made her laugh “Whatcha looking at?” she asked.
“I-I don't....I am looking at a very silly pink pony with poofy curls and goofy smile” I said to her.
“GASP! Really?! Where!” she said she started to look around without actually moving her body.
“Right.........here” I said as I bopped her nose which made it wiggle, followed very shortly by a giggle as she snuggled into my lap and let out a content sigh.
“Boy, you sure are a charmer eh?” Vinyl jested as she poked my arm.
“Nope, I just caught myself a Pinkie Pie and I am enjoying the spoils of war” I boasted as I pumped out my chest and gave a grunt “And one day I shall catch them all!”
“Well, good luck with that. I won't be such an easy catch for you” Vinyl said as she stuck out her tongue.
“Don't underestimate him! Any pony who gets caught in his terrifying ear scratch fall under his spell! Among its victims are Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Princess Luna, and myself!” Pinkie concluded with dramatic sigh and to prove her point I slightly reach out with my left hand and began the dreaded ear scratch of legend and instantly she melted in my hand once more “Heh heh! Seeeeeeeeeee~”
“HEY! I did not fall victim! I allowed him to scratch my ear just to see what all the fuss was about!” Rainbow cried out while crossing her legs and pouted.
“Really? Huh, well like I said. I am not such an easy prey to catch!” Vinyl boasted but I saw that she scooted a little bit closer to me.
“Well, if you think you can resist then shall I give it a try?” I said as I held up my free hand and gave the air a few squeezes.
“Bring it!” Vinyl said as she scooted right next to me and grinned. I smiled at as I reached over to her right side and using my right hand I placed it upon her ear and began to scratch and I felt her body jolt a bit before slumping a bit. “Rer-rai-Rainbow was right, I-I don't see what the-the......” she tried to get out before she leaned into my hand and hummed a tune to herself.
“Capture complete” Pinkie Pie silently said before returning to her blissful state which caused the other three mares to giggle but suddenly Vinyl scooted closer and rested her head on my side while I scratched and her breathing became soft and rhythmic. She fell asleep and deciding to follow suite Pinkie also fell asleep in my lap with her ear being scratched.
“Well shoot sugarcube, looks like ya caught another one” Applejack joked as she tried to stifle her laughter with her hoof but soon she found herself yawning “But I have'ta say that looks mighty fine to me, guess I could take a short nap” she said as she lowered her stetson over her face and leaned back, quickly catching up to the growing trend.
“Yeah, didn't get much sleep either. Goodnight big guy, night Twilight” Rainbow said as she made a quick spot for herself before curling up and wrapping herself with her wings like a blanket and began snoozing.
“Their probably all tired from not sleeping well this past week, we were all really worried about you” Twilight said as her eyelids began to droop “But before I take a nap too I want to ask one thing, you don't have to say anything if you don't want to yet”
“Go ahead Twilight” I said.
“Well, I didn't mean to pry but after I left I forgot my favorite quill in the library and was going to retrieve it when I saw through the crack of the door Derpy crying in your arms and I heard a little bit of the end and her goodbye as well. What are you going to do?” she asked.
I let out a deep sigh while I searched for the words, I had not really thought about it much since I was still shocked by it “I......I'm not really sure. I am still sorting out my feelings about the possibility of dating ponies and what not after the Aloe thing. Speaking of such, Derpy said you told her about all that?” I said.
“Yes, I didn't mean to but she told me during her flight she saw you acting strange when you got out that day and then she probably heard my little........talk with her later on. So she came up to me and got a little worried about you. I didn't tell her every single detail of her actions, but she caught on to what I was saying and seemed to understand why you were upset. Sorry if you didn't want her knowing” she explained to me.
I shook my head “It's alright, I just wasn't expecting it. But back to your question, I guess I am kinda glad we are going away for a while. Gives me some time to think. I don't think she meant to kiss my cheek since she seemed equally as surprised as me but earlier she seemed to want to say something else but ended up saying she really cared for me. But I''m pretty sure she meant that certain something else” I told her.
“That is what I was thinking as well from what I heard. Well, when we get to the Crystal Empire you can always talk to Cadence about this. She is the Princess of Love after all and it was that very love that defeated Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra. So if anyone can help, its her!” she happily exclaimed.
“You really love her don't you?” I said.
“Sure do! She is my sister-in-law after all, Shining Armor is my brother and is the captain of the royal guard!” she excitedly told me.
“Wow! You have quite a family. Well I guess I could give it a shot and talk to her, no promises though. It might take a while but I also know that I should have some sort of an answer before I get back” I said.
“Yes, that would best” she briefly said before she yawned “Do you want to talk about it some more?”
“No, thats enough for now. I have a lot to think about already” I gave a nervous chuckle “Go ahead and get some sleep, you don't want to tired when we meet your two favorite peop-onies! Ponies......ponies” I corrected myself.
Twilight giggled at it anyway before she yawned again “Good night Adrian” she said before she rested her head against the cushion and soon fell asleep, leaving me awake and alone. I mindlessly continued to scratch Pinkies and Vinyls ears as I aimlessly stared out the window and saw the world outside fly by and slowly change while I was surrounded by sleeping mares and a timberwolf pup.
“Crystal Empire here I come”
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Crystal Empire is a bit of a dangerous area for me, but i think you don´t do to crazy things with Shining Armor or Cadance. i don´t know if i mentioned this already, but i don´t like Cadance or Shining most of the time, but it depens on the story i think.
I don´t like it if Cadance have to intervene to much, i am not always sure why but i just give them a fair chance here. For Shining, i think he is to much, to much of a gentlepony for me, like that err.......Prince Charming?
If i have the correct image of him, than he could look really cool with the correct..... robe i guess.
I want you to know that i already start writing in the middle of the text if i see something, but right now i started to like the Idea of a talk with Cadance. I think i am just happy that he want to talk to her and not, that Cadance forced herself on them. I know she is the princess of love, but i don´t think she would need to force ponys together, to keep alive or soemthing like that, but right now i like it.
Good chapter, and nice to see that Derpy made a move, also nice that he managed to defeat Vinyl. I am so glad that your Vinyl don´t seems to be a sex crazed pony. I know that is no clopfic, i just wanted to say again, that most of the last fanfictions decribed a Vinyl Scratch which had to want sex and sex and Party and sex, only because she is a party/music loving mare/Human.
Honestly i see no reason for her to be as sex-crazed as Rainbow Dash in the most fanfictions, because she has this special personality.
I don´t mind them giving her such a personality, i just can´t find a fanfiction where it is a romance about her not being like this (sex-crazed).
nice chapter, i needed to read something good this morning, i am already nervous enough, because i have a week full of tests.
I noticed one small slip up that's irking me a bit more than anything else.
Yeah, the correct term isn't step sister but "sister-in-law." A step-anything is related to you by marriage, this much is true but to be a step-sister you must have a father and mother marry while both already have a pre-started family. A sibling-in-law is one that marries into a family by way of a sibling.
These are both over simplifications but they get the point across.
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Gah, your right. Didn't really think about it when I wrote it, will change that ASAP! Thank you for pointing that out!
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Interesting thoughts there, but always glad for the input! I don't think you will have to worry about the Crystal Empire too much, the only reason why I am shifting the story there instead of Canterlot or something is because I had a funny idea on how to portray Cadence and I really wanted to do it.
Also to note, Cadence wont be "Oh my gosh! There is love everywhere! They must be together and if not, I SHALL FORCE THEM TO!" or other such silliness. Not 100% sure what I am going to do with Shining, might just have him say hi and go off with Twilight and leave him mostly alone. -shrugs-
Yay for Derpy! And I totally agree about how Vinyl is usually portrayed as a sex fiend, she is an awesome character that gets downplayed. I don't mind the party goer attitude, just hate the "Oh hey! Your cute, lets have sex then party some more and then have more sex" part of most stories with her.
5292382 Oh you understand me so well
I am glad you understand the thing with Vinyl, i really wanted to read storys about her, but somehow i well...only found those bad ones, or story which aren´t really finished.
Sometimes i think if there is a unfinished story in a group for longer then five months, they should sort them out, because i hate it to think " Wow a cool story"
and then i find out that it is already more than two years old and it probably never continue
Well i suppose after i read the whole chapter, i think now that you can´t do something that i don´t like with Cadance there.
Only to be sure i say it again, please make an open end, so you could maybe do a Sequel later if you should want one. I don´t really know how the end will turn out and if i could want the sequel as much as i want it already, but after a good romance i always want to read about their life together, or about the children from them.
Is there a Dinky in your story? It would be maybe interessting if she not agreed with her mothers chiose at first, not because she don´t like him, but because ........maybe she think that her mother have no time for her or something like that. i usually doesn´t like something like that in tv shows, but i have nothing against it in here. Of course you only can do it if Derpy should be really the fina choise. I really like that what you have done so far, and that Derpy was using his Body (more or less of course)
as he was asleep. (I know how that probably have to sound, but i don´t know how to say it otherwise right now.
PS: If i understood his new description, then i think you have done again something i could really like. right now i think i maybe said that already.
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Not a problem, actually I'm just glad you don't have a problem King James English which it a pain in the butt to properly inform writers about.
As I read this, I noticed two words that consistently get misused: "defiantly" when you mean "definitely" (as in previous chapters), and "plague" when you mean "plaque" (in this chapter). You might want to go back and fix that.
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Ah, thank you! I did not even notice that! Just changed the g's to q's and just went over all previous chapters and corrected those few, gosh I feel terrible for constantly doing that. Will have to watch out for that since I apparently have an affinity for misspelling that word -laughs- Thanks again for letting me know!
EDIT: Just went ahead and corrected all the chapters since I got a little paranoid and thankfully I only had a few.
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You're welcome.
I love this story! This is my 3rd, 4th, or 5th times rereading it!
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Thank you so much! I am honored that you like it that much!
Maybe he might be able to catch a Rapidash aswell? (spot the reference fork)
like, zoinks
I really hope it is yes, considering that Derpy has always been one of my favorites in storys, possibly tied with Shy.